Obama Job Approval (Final Results)

[arely staircase]

This poll was open for exactly one week. So everyone who wished should have had a chance to participate.

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

52 votes, 5 passes | Time left: Time expired
	Approve
	29 (56%)
	Disapprove
	23 (44%)
	5 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Skittles]

1. you should have added ALWAYS APPROVE

[arely staircase]

2. Poll will be open for 1 week. nt

[Pretzel_Warrior]

5. Or always attack others who approve

Must you hijack these threads? Just vote or don't vote and move on.

[Skittles]

7. hijack?????

LOL - a bit testy, aren't we?

[AsahinaKimi]

10. He doesn't know you very well does he...

[Skittles]

11. hey!!

Bugs is one of my heroes!!!

[AsahinaKimi]

14. Yay!

[OhioChick]

13. Damn girl

You're one helluva troublemaker.

[Skittles]

16. putting up with both offshore and swooners

what's a gal to do???

[OhioChick]

17. I hear ya

[reusrename]

24. Winner!

Most on-topic hijack evah!

[Skittles]

27. YOU WANT I SHOULD KICK MY OWN HIJACKING ASS, REUSRENAME?

LEMME AT ME!!!

[Pretzel_Warrior]

3. Kick! Already r'd

[mick063]

4. Lesser of two evils

And I'm damn tired of it.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

6. So you think Obama is only slightly less evil than Romney?

Or quite a bit more evil but evil nonetheless?

[Skittles]

8. where did he say slightly?

or is that your own paranoid inference?

[Pretzel_Warrior]

12. Please read my entire posts before responding

thanks.....

[Skittles]

15. I did

[mick063]

18. Rationalize Chained CPI for me

He is your man. Defend it.

Let's hear it.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

19. Not getting into an issue by issue debate on this thread. I asked

Does that mean you think Obama is evil?

[mick063]

20. Do you understand how closely your response approximates that of a TeaBillie?

Last edited Tue Jul 9, 2013, 12:22 AM - Edit history (3)

Didn't think so.

I'll help. Let me change one word.

"Not getting into an issue by issue debate on this thread. I asked Does that mean you think Paul Ryan is evil?"

Sounds ohhh so familiar.


Edit: I apologize for being abrasive. I will never win people over by putting them on the defensive.

I'll answer your question:

President Obama is a good man and a good husband. He is ethically sound on a personal level. I believe he is sincere in that he means to help the common man. I just think he doesn't know how as evidenced by the people he surrounds himself with. He is basically a Freidman economist. He genuinely believes that ultra strong corporations benefit the working man.

Many of his policies reflect the state of our nation, which in my opinion as compared to the nation I knew long ago, is largely unethical. In other words, he is President of all of us.

With respect to the "lesser of two evils" statement. You know as well as I that it is a figure of speech. A common term used frequently even here on DU. Most people would interpret it in that context. You did not.

Now to finally answer your question. No I don't think President Obama is evil. I believe he genuinely believes he is doing the right thing. I interpret his outlook as that of satisfying those opposed and supportive of him at the same time as the most fair, ethical approach. He is trying to please everyone at the same time, his vision of being President of all the people, regardless if it is sound policy or not. Having said that, I am vehemently in disagreement with many of his policies. Because of that, I believe this basically good man is not fit for the job, but exceedingly more fit than any Republican nominee presented.

[rhett o rick]

22. Logical Fallacy. nm

[Pretzel_Warrior]

23. How is that? He characterized Obama as the lesser of two evils. So

Logic says, there are two bad (evil) choices. A person stares at both and tries to analyze which will do less harm, but regardless who he chooses neither one is good.

So....my question was to clarify--does he think Obama is evil?

[rhett o rick]

25. The Oligarchs choose Rmoney for a reason. They wanted someone very, very evil so it would be an

easy choice for Democrats. No one is saying that Obama is slightly better than Rmoney.

By the way, Penny Pritzker is the female version of Mittens.

[Prism]

9. He's meeting my readjusted expectations.

What I like about him, I really like.

What I hate, I really hate.

[Cali_Democrat]

21. I approve. n/t

[cantbeserious]

26. Disapprove - Very, Very, Very Dissatisfied

eom

[limpyhobbler]

28. kick/rec

I like polls

[progressoid]

29. There are only two options? No middle ground?

[Art_from_Ark]

30. The middle ground, I guess, is "Pass"

[Gravitycollapse]

31. Strongly disapprove.

[Mira]

32. Both n/t

[KittyWampus]

33. I'd need a percentage gauge. I'm at about 70% approval right now.

[uppityperson]

34. I do not approve of everything, disapprove of some but overall approve

[eissa]

35. He hasn't done every single thing

I wanted him to, AND he allowed republicans to obstruct his agenda at every turn. Therefore, he is DEAD to me and I'll never vote for him again!

Snowden/Paul 2016!

[AtomicKitten]

36. Approve w/ signing statement.

I must say I remain profoundly sad, hugely disappointed, and occasionally angry that Pres Obama did not prosecute Bush, Cheney, et. al. I think the world was looking to him to do the right thing. I think it is morally wrong, I think it is stupid, and I think it's a huge mistake.

[arely staircase]

37. kick for visibility nt

[Dawgs]

38. How can any Democrat approve of a President that's to the right of Nixon?

Unless, maybe, I also approved of Nixon.

[AllINeedIsCoffee]

39. Highly approve.

2008 was the first presidential election in which I could vote. I sat that one out for reasons that I'll only go so far to describe as stupid.

It wasn't until early 2011 that the man started to grow on me. That's the year I registered with the Democratic Party. I voted for him for the first time in 2012. No buyer's remorse here. The man is brilliant on so many levels and can see 10 steps ahead of his most bitter critics.

No one is without fault, of course, but this President is the best for this particular moment in our history. I feel as if it was only someone with his style of leadership that could have begun the healing process of the 8-year disaster that was Bush. An ideologue would've given us some "Oh my gosh, I can't believe he proposed/said that, my hero!" moments, but would've been naught in terms of productivity.

[limpyhobbler]

50. That's kind of how I was with Bill Clinton.

I'm not really into like that whole scene anymore tho.

[limpyhobbler]

40. kick. nt

[limpyhobbler]

41. we should probably try to keep this kicked so alot of people can vote. nt

[arely staircase]

60. I'm gona kick it once or twice a day until it closes.

Thanks. Feel free to do the same, obviously.

[limpyhobbler]

61. polls are groovy. nt

[Skraxx]

42. Fascinating, Looks Like He's More Popular Here Than It Would Seem From the Posts

Maybe there's a very loud, prolific minority who really hate him, always have and dominate discussions?

[liberal_at_heart]

43. I wouldn't exactly call 130 votes a majority.

I've seen some liberal threads get over 300 recs before. We are here, and you will hear from us on election day.

[Skraxx]

44. Uh Huh, Keep Telling Yourself That

Your mommy says your the handsomest too.

[liberal_at_heart]

45. people like you are why the ignore button was invented. Buh-bye.

[Skraxx]

47. LOL! Run Away!

[leftstreet]

54. Or, the majority don't like to vote in dumb polls? n/t

[Skraxx]

59. Yeah, I've Noticed How Reticent People Are Around Hear At Voicing Their "Disapproval" of Obama

It's so understated.

[Blue Bike]

46. Strangely, the "pass" option is left out of the percentage calculations

The poll adds the approval and disapproval, and then calculate the percentages based on those two options, as if the "pass" option weren't there.

If "pass" is included in the math, the approval would actually be 60%.

[arely staircase]

48. DU polls never include the pass

If you include "pass" the results as of now are:

Approve: 59%
Disapprove 25%
Pass: 15%

[limpyhobbler]

49. oh that's how they always do. nt

[Just Saying]

51. Kick

[arely staircase]

52. Kicked for visibility nt

[hrmjustin]

53. Kick!

[limpyhobbler]

55. derp. nt

[BainsBane]

56. I don't find this so easy to answer

If a pollster called me, I'd say yes because I don't want to give the Republicans any leverage, but I'm disappointed.

[CakeGrrl]

57. Approve. I've never seen the level of congressional obstruction

that he's faced, and he's gotten a LOT done - not that the MSM will do anything to inform the public.

[steve2470]

58. kick nt

[arely staircase]

62. Kick nt

[arely staircase]

63. kick nt

[arely staircase]

64. less than two days left to vote. nt

[arely staircase]

65. poll closes in less than an hour nt

[arely staircase]

66. Kicked to show final results. nt